Official Ontario news release · August 25, 2026 · Ministry of the Solicitor General
The Ontario government is investing more than $1.7 million through the Safer and Vital Communities Grant to help protect communities from hate and violence. Over the next two years, the following 18 community-based, not-for-profit organizations will receive funding to prevent hate-motivated crime:
Recipient Funding Amount
(over two years)
Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, Sponsored by United Way of Bruce Grey $92,806 The Regional Diversity Roundtable $98,975 Malton Women Council $75,807 Victim Services Toronto $101,750 Lanark County Community Justice Program $85,815 Building Multicultural Communities (BMC) $95,113 Reena Inc. $101,750 STEPS Public Art $101,230 Victim Services of Waterloo Region $101,750 New Canadians Centre Peterborough $100,936 Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto $96,668 Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration $100,733 Canadian Mental Health Association - North Bay $101,750 Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region $97,754 Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre $96,525 Family Service Kent $101,750 Camp Northland $60,230 Jewish Russian Community Centre of Greater Toronto $97,850
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Source: Ontario Newsroom, “Ontario Safer and Vital Communities Grant”, August 25, 2026, Ministry of the Solicitor General. Read the official release. Reproduced from the official release. © King's Printer for Ontario. This is not the official version.
